Fans want Donald Glover in the Spidey suit

As
director Marc Webb and screenwriter Alvin Sargent take Stan Lee's and
Steve Ditko's beloved superhero story back to the drawing board (and
try to wipe out all traces of this from our memories), the nerd world waits with bated breath to find out who will serve as the new incarnation of Peter Parker.

After Webb released a short list
last week of five young actors to portray the teenage Spidey, the
internet responded with an unlikely but enticing suggestion: Donald
Glover, of NBC's "Community" and the sketch comedy group DERRICK.

Glover
fans of the internet campaigned earlier this week in support of putting
the actor/comedian in the running for the part. The 26-year-old Glover
excitedly added his voice to the rallying cry by inundating his
Twitter feed with the #donald4spiderman hashtag, which broke the top ten trending topics on Twitter. An accompanying Facebook group currently boasts over 10,000 members.

Finding himself in the center of a flaring debate, Glover clarified his intentions on Twitter: "Some people are mistaken. I don't want to just be given the role. I want to be able to audition. I truly love Spider-Man."

While
Glover has thus far stuck to comedy, those familiar with DERRICK his improv-comedy work know that the kid can
act. And Glover's comedic chops and decidedly nerdy real-life persona
could translate smoothly into the offbeat bookishness and pained
self-deprecation that make Peter Parker unique among comic-book
heroes.

And on the off chance that writer Sargent wants to weave
in a new back story about the death of Spidey's parents, DERRICK might
already have his answer: